US state used as a refuge by abortion-seekers bans terminations after 20 weeks
US state used as a refuge by abortion-seekers bans terminations after 20 weeks
Campaigners say the ban will harm those who need help in the later stages of pregnancy (Picture: AP)
Abortions after 20 weeks are no longer legal in the US state of North Carolina, one of the last refuges in the South for people seeking to end their pregnancies.
The state, whose House and Senate have been Republican-controlled since 2011, passed a law in 2019 banning such procedures.
But a…
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